Product Manager
We are looking for…
Hopefully, you! We’re seeking an experienced, hands-on Product Manager to join our Product team in Waterloo, NSW. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing all product (Walling, Flooring, Furniture and Homewares) across all platforms. This role is a key contributor to all stages of the product lifecycle, including new product development. This role is focused on the continual improvement of the product development workflow, collaborating closely with all departments across the business.
The Product Manager has a high degree of product knowledge and is a go to person in the organisation.
Product development
- Work closely with CEO, Stone Buyer and Head of Furniture & Homewares to develop and execute product strategies that align with the company’s overall objectives.
- Responsible for product mapping (discovery through to end of life).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams – including Purchasing, Accounts, Marketing, Digital, Warehousing, and Sales, as well as internal stakeholders – to ensure successful launch and ongoing improvement of products.
- Understand product technical details and/or code requirements related to new product categories.
- Run bi-monthly product beta meetings to increase cross functional team knowledge of products’ in their early stages.
Product Management
- Maintain and generate product records in our business management platform (NetSuite).
- Manage company-wide retail pricing. Requires in depth knowledge and management of all product pricing inputs – vendor costs, freight costs, tariffs (landed costs).
- Ensure product specifications on all digital properties are accurate and up to date (e.g. Architectural Resources).
- Provide product information to internal learning platform to increase product knowledge across the company.
- Stay up to date on national and regional government laws and regulations, relevant to the building materials and supply industry (including the growing sustainability sector).
- Be well informed on product technical requirements, order product technical testing, and analyse and publish the results for the wider business and customers.
We need you to bring…
- 3-6 years experience in product management role
- Experience in working with building materials would be advantageous
- Attention to detail that is second to none
- An ability to autonomously plan and prioritise workload to deliver on both individual and team objectives effectively and consistently.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task
Please note that we require full permanent working rights for this position.
In return, we’ll give you…
Perks, benefits and the space to grow. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package and plenty of opportunities for career growth and development. This includes:
- The opportunities you need to grow, develop and craft a career you’re proud of within the global Eco Outdoor business
- Enhanced parental leave, so you can look after you while you welcome a new human
- An employee assistance program
- A 50 per cent off employee discount on Eco Outdoor products
- Company-sponsored shenanigans and activities to connect with your team and the broader Eco Outdoor crew, from axe-throwing escapades to lawn bowls and trivia nights
- A culture of incomparable hospitality and care, epitomised by free snacks, drinks and endless coffee in the office
- The opportunity to give back via our internal Social Housing and Sustainability teams.
OK, you want to know what you’re getting yourself into? Let us introduce ourselves.
Established in 2001 by expert minds from the landscape design and construction industries, Eco Outdoor is an Australian-founded global brand with showrooms in Australia, New Zealand and North America. We’re constantly experimenting, innovating and pushing creative boundaries, delivering the highest-quality natural stone and architectural surfaces (and outdoor furniture collections) to the international architecture market.
We employ around 130 people across the globe, all of whom are dedicated to innovating, crafting and providing remarkable products and unbelievable hospitality to our clients and collaborators in the architecture and design space. We thrive on constant reinvention, regular development opportunities and a passionate culture grounded in connection and involvement.
We’re a tribe of collaborators, critical thinkers, problem-solvers and challenge-embracers, and we nurture our incredibly talented people to put their best foot forward every day. That starts with our core values – Be a Game Changer, Only Accept Awesome, Play as a Team, Be Curious, Get Fired up – which are deeply ingrained in our culture. Basically, we’re all about fostering an innovative, industry-leading, collaborative, creative, passionate team to reach their fullest potential. That’s good for humans and good for business.
If this sounds like your kind of gig…
We’d love to hear from you. If you need more information before you apply, check out our website, LinkedIn or Instagram. If you have questions those sites don’t answer, flick us a line at
[email protected] – unless you’re a recruitment agency, in which case: no, thanks. We’ve got this one covered.
